haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comM to Anti-Corporate Movement@lemmy.giftedmc.comEnglish · 4 days agoProprietary vs Open Source Backdoorslemy.lolimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: linuxmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up197arrow-down1imageProprietary vs Open Source Backdoorslemy.lolhaui@lemmy.giftedmc.comM to Anti-Corporate Movement@lemmy.giftedmc.comEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square9linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: linuxmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareRedSnt 👓♂️🖥️linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoI still find it ironic that the dude that found the malicious code was a Microsoft employee.
minus-squarenoride@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoHonestly just makes me feel like Microsoft was already ripping off code from the project and they needed another method of discovery to avoid suspicion.
minus-squareRedSnt 👓♂️🖥️linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoWindows did add .rar, .7z and .tar support in late 2023, and the ZX-utils backdoor happened just half a year later.
I still find it ironic that the dude that found the malicious code was a Microsoft employee.
Honestly just makes me feel like Microsoft was already ripping off code from the project and they needed another method of discovery to avoid suspicion.
Windows did add .rar, .7z and .tar support in late 2023, and the ZX-utils backdoor happened just half a year later.
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